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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-03-12
GOLD IN GRANT PARISH.

For several weeks Mr.. II. S. Cameron
has been Investigating tho large exca-
vations In Indian Hill, two miles east
of ColfaX, and informs us that he Is
firmly convinced that gold abounds IN
the earth in sufficient quantities to pay
magnificently for working it. Among
the old Creoles and negroes of this Sec
ton the tradition exists that eighty or
a hundred years ago the Spaniards had
gold buried in this hill and also in one
about three miles north of Coifax, and
simple people have at various times
dug into these hills with the expecta-
ton of unearthing concealed treasures.
From the indications Mr.. Cameron
says the Spaniards must have dug the
earth from these hills and washed it
for gold in the adjacent streams of
Rocky Bayou and Bayou Darro, and
these immense excavations can be ac-
counted for under no other hypothesis.
From several bushels of earth Mr..
Cameron has washed out a few hands
fuls of particles which he claims con-
tains from two to three per cent OF
gold. lie has had it examined by
quite number of persons, and several
who profess to know, say there is no
doubt of its being the real stuff. He
proposes TO have il assayed by experts
in the New Orleans Mint, and we will
endeavur to let our readers know the
result in our next issue.-C olfdr Ctron.
fc6e.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-03-12
FASHION FANCIEs.

Dear Telegraph
Dame Fashion bestows upon US
love of spring bonnet made OF lace IN
all colors. These bonnets are stringless,
will have neither flowers, piumes nor
ribbons. They are In pointed capo'e
shapes, and the lace is arranged in
loops at the top of the head. These
bonnets are to match the costume, and
will prove both dainty and becoming.
Other bonneis are chower of Persian
gauze and zephyr silk muslin embossed
with raised velvet figures. The brim
is of dark velvet in black, goldensbrown
terra Gotta, or japanese red. The trim"
mings are aigrettes and Grape flowers.
Huge gauze butterflies bronze and
gold,powdered are novelties for bon>
nets. A pretty round hat is of straw,
in mushroom shades anddov trimmed
with gold brown velvet, ribbon loops
mixed with golden-brown tulle, In
which are set large PLAQUES of scarlet
Japan peoples.
Gold necklaces are again revived for
evening or full dress occasions. A
velvet band edged with Roman pearls
is fastened with white daisy of pearls,
whose heart is a diamond dew drop.
Tailor made suits in delicate shades
of wool will be much worn. Gray
promises to be q leading color for
Spring aud Autumn.
Lace dresses will continue in high
favor again this summer:
Flowers, foliage, fruit and small
vegetables are the millinery garniture
for the coming season. They will take
the place of birds and feathers.
YUM YUM.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-03-12
ANNIE NEUWIRrH VERSUS EDWARD
NEUWIRTH. No. 2772.

hereby certify that judgment was rem
dered IN tho above entitled cause at tho
January term, A. D. 1857, of tho Fifth
District Court, in and for said parish and
State, in the words and figures following,
to,wit: This case having boon regularly
called for trial and tried, by reason of the
law and the evidence, it is ordered. adjudg-
ed and decreed, that plaintiff Annie Neu-
witrh, do have Judgment against and re-
cover OF Edward Neuwirth tho full sum of
two thousand six hundred and twonty 1.-TWO
and OO-lOO dollars with s per cent interest
per amman thereon from January 10, 1887,
until paid. and for all costs of court. 1t is
further ordered, adiudged and decreed that
the said Annie Neuwirti DO decreed sepa-
rate from her said husband Edward Ncu-
wirth, and that the community of acquets
and gains existing between the said plain
tiff and husband be and tho same is hereby
dissolved, and that the said Annie Ncn-
wirth be and she is hereby authorized to
manage and conduct and control her own
and separate property and affairs and her
separate business as 4 femme sole.
Thus done, read and signed in open Court
this 18th day of February, A. d., 1887.
II. w. RICHARDSON, Judge 5th Dist
Witness my hand and the seal of said
Court, on this 23d day of Feb'y A. D., 1887.
AUSTIN GREEN, Clerk.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-03-12
PHILIP, MY KING.

Some ladies Of Augusta have determined
to procure Georgia and South Carolina
wreath and send it properly inscribed to
the family of the late Philip Bourke Mars
ton, of whom, when baby in his cradle,
Dinah Maria Mulock wrote these celebra-
ted lines:
Look at me with thy large brown eyes,
Philip, my King,
Round whom The enshadowing purple lies
OF babyhood's royal dignities;
Lay on my neck thy tiny hand
With loves invisible sceptre laden;
am thy Esther to command
Till thou shalt find a queen-handmaiden
Philip, my King.
Oh, the day when thou goest a-wooing,
Philip, my King!
When those beautiful lips are suing,
And some gentle hearts bars undoinS,
Thou dost enter, love crowned, and there
Sittest love gloriied. Rule kindly,
Tenderly. over thy Kingdom fair,
For we that love, ah! we love SO blindly,
Philip. my King.
Up from thy sweet mouth--up to thy brow,
Philip, my King!.
The spirit that there lies sleeping now
AS to one heaven chosen amongst his peers,
My Saul, than thy brethren taller and
fairer,
Let mo behold thee in future years;
Yet thy head needeth a circlet raror,
Philip. my King.
A wreath not OF gold. but palm. One day
Philip, my King,
Thou, too, must tread as we trod, u way
Thorny and cruel and cold and gray
Rebels within thee and foes without.
Will snatch at thy crown, but march on,
glorious
Martyr, yet monarch, till angels shout
AS thou sit'st at the feet of God victorious,
"Philip, my King"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-03-12
HOMESTEAD ENTRY.
LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS La, !
January 9th 1SS7

LAND OFFICE At N IW ORLEANS Ia,
January 9th, 1857.
7 SAMUEL A. RAWIIS, OF OUACHITlA
L Parish, La, who made Homestead APP
plication No. 6265. for the = of NV u and
" q of ne 4 Sec. Is, Il. IL, N. r. 3 Q La.
Meridian, do hereby give notice of my in
tontion to make final proof to establish my
claim to the land above described, and that
expect to prove my residence and cultiva-
ton before the Judge or in his absence the
Clerk OF the District Court for tho parish OF
Ouachita, at Monroe, La. on the 18th day
March, 1887, by two of tho following wit
nesses T.. q. Berry, 1T. p. Berry, II. II.
Bales, S. A. Watson, OF Ouachita parish,
Louisiana.
SAMUEL. A. RAWLS.
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MONUMENT TO sroNEwALL JACKSON.


There is project on foot to set up a
monument TO Stonewall Jackson on
the spot upon the battlefield of Chan>
cellorsville, Va, where he received his
mortal wound. The Virginia Knights
OF Pythias have the matter in charge
aud have issued an address for contri-
buttons as follows:
To the admirers of Stonewall Jackson {:
At q social gathering In Ffedericks-
burg, during the late annual meeting
of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias,
q happy suggestion was received with
unanimous approval, and there sprang
into organization at once an association
whose purpose it is to erect an endur-
ing memorial of Stonewall Jackson at
the spot where he fell fatally wounded,
near Charlottesville. Monuments pre-
serve history, educate the young, per-
petuate the memories of the heroic
dead, and help to keep alive the virtue
and valor of those whose names they
bear. They are due to those who gave
their lives to a cause they loved; to
ourselves, In whose hands their men,
DRY is q sacred trust, and to those who
come after US. The name of Stonewall
jackson Is worthy Of immortal honor,
and can never be forgotten in Virginia
and the South and throughout the
whole country, into whose common
heritage of manhood, patriotism and
sacrifice 1t has now gone. Our children
aud generations after them, and people
of all lands will seek the spot where,
on the I'd Of May, 1868, in the gloom
Of the Wilderness, he fell SO sorely and
fatally wounded. The active assistance
Of all who may see this circular is res
pectfully requested. The character and
cost Of the monument will be deter.
mined by the amount of contributions.
The enterprise will not be confined
to members of the order but is open to
all and commends Itself to every ad-
mirer of one of the greatest of American
soldiers. Contributions may be for
warded to either member of the Local
Finance Committee, viz; Charles e.
Hunter, treasurer; Rev. James p.
Smith; j. Arthur Taylor, cashier Ma
tional Bank, Fredericksburg, Va.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-03-12

The following is James Russell
Lowc1t's opinion of the civil service
system at present in vogue in this
country. The extract is from his
recent speech in Chicago:
In the present age any eXpedient
seems TO be utilized that can be OF
service. 1t seems to be considered
right to meet tire with fire, but it
seems to me we should stop short of
hell-fire. rApplause.1 1t seems to me
one of the greatest stumbling blocks in
the way of our governmental progress
Is our system of so>called civil service
reform. Do you know that just
a similar method of procedure was the
original ruin of Spain! 1t has been
said that Spain was ruined by the
expulsion of the Moors, the expulsion
Of the Jews, or the inquisition! Moths
Ing OF the sort. The inquisition was
the only means by which a writ could
DO sent through the republic. That
same system we call civil service re.
form was the basis and original cause
OF the present condition of Spain. 1t
created a class called the "employia
media, or q class whose mania was
the possession Of office, or, more strictly
Office holding, by divine or govern
mental right. 1t Is that principle that
exists here today, but termed by us
official rotation, and means that as
soon as one man has proved his
knowledge of the requirements of his
position he is to have another place
higher up, and the lower one filled
from the hitherto unrewarded. Such
a system is hardly compatible with the
security Of republic.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-03-12
A GIGANTIC ENTERPRISE.

II will be remembered that some
moths since, report was generally
published that Hon. +. A. Burke had
obtained grant of 20 square miles Of
land from the Honduras government.
The following special from Tegucigaipa,
dated the 18th ult., confirms the report,
and every citizen of Louisiana will note
with qualification the good fortune and
enterprise of our distinguished fellow
citizen, and wish him the most abun-
dant success in his gigantic undertake
ing:
"Congress confirmed on Saturday the
President Bogran and the Council of
leans, In September last, for $50 miles
In running length and 100 square miles
OF mineral bearing territory, including
the beds, bars and banks of the rivers
Guyape and Jalan, said 10 be the rich-
est gold-bearing rivers in the famous
blanche district, with exemption from
ii0port and export duties and lakes,
the exemption of officers and employees
from military duty, and the free use Of
government wood and waters, all in
perpetuity. Major Burke contracts to
furnish funds TO construct aud equip an
agricultural and mechan meal laboratory,
furnaces and apparatus, instruments and
tools for instruction in mining, miner
alology and engineering. and working
in wood, iron and leather, and other
mechanical pursuits taught in the best
schools in the United States. Two
fiour.miiis and five threshing machines
are also to be provided. After the cap
itai invested, the running expenses and
10 per cent dividend have been paid,
q per cent in gold is to be paid yearly
for the support of the college,"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-03-12

The waves roll back on the desolate shore,
The ship returns over the sea,
And the child returns to its fathers door,
And the cattle wind home from the lea.
Tho leaves return with the spriHg-tinie
bloom,
And the light returns with the day,
But tho cash the candidate spent on his
boom
Is gone forever and aye! Lynn UnioR-
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-03-12
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
JUDGEMENT.

THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH
OF OUACHITA, FIFTH DISTRICT
COURT.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-21
OMAHA. w-o-r-l.
and. Buffalo. Dance.
And. Grass. dance.
ONLY. 10 cents.

If any more information is wanted,
little farther along, standing near the door
of the entrance, and whipping his hands
Ga la white NAM, to keep up the circula-
ton, stands swarthy red man, singing in
a deep bass tones: Right this way now
Indian EXposition-only ten centS-all the
nation dances of the tribe-performance
has just begun-waIk in-walk in-Only
ten centsr' Thus the untamed aborigine
stalks back and forward, letting out big
floods Of tobacco juice over the crystal
snow, as he mutters some tumble to his
companion selling tickets. winding up al
ways with the customary "UghH' Some
people were credulouS enough to doubt the
nationality of this worthy who called his
show an Indian Exposition" A boot
black staggered i'll near the entrance, and
depositing his box on the ground, looked
carefully at the crier. and remarked to
companion: BE gosh, jim; but that ere
buck do look a lot like the fakir what used
to be selling suspenders down on Seventh
street last fall" But there could be no
doubt about the geuuineness of the Indians
inside. a beer key with the head knocked
in and skin stretched over the top and an
old tin boiler constitute the musical instru-
ments of the Indian band. With IA contin-
uOus and monOtOnouS hum, two of the
older men of the tribe, stretched upon the
ground, pound sort of tune on these, and
the rest of them in war dress and paint 90
through the various maZeS of the different
Indian dances. 1t is a novel entertain
ment for most of the visitors.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-21
Atrociou. Murders.

SANTA FE, n. NJ. Jan. 2O.-The report
that Jack McLane and Fred Aberdeen had
been murdered at a farmers ranch near
Hudson, in Grant county, was confirmed
to-day. A neighbOr going to the ranch
found McLane lying dead on the ground
near the house with three bullet holes i'll
his body. Just inside the house Aberdeen's
corpse was found on the floor. He had
bullet hole in his head from which blood
and brains had oozed. The bodies of both
men had been stripped of all valuables, i'll
GLIDING clothing, boots and weapons The
murderers had also ransacked the house.
carrying off everything of value. After
completing their work the thieves stole
horse owned by McI4ane. and then went to
Indian Springs, where they gathered in six
more horses belonging to Mr.. Dane. The
excitement caused by the affair is intense
all through Grant county. The perpetra-
tors of the outrage are believed to be a part
OF the same gang of Mexican thieves and
robbers who were concerned IN the killing
of Deputy Sheriff Hall some time ago. and
if they are caught they will certainly be
lynched.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-21
Burned to Death.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2O-Two women
were burned to death in their homes in the
backwoods region of st. Lonis county last
week, without exciting more than casual
reference from the Indifferent people of the
locality where the unfortunate victims
dwelt, and the facts of the casualties have
only just been learned. One victim was
the wife of an old trapper named Fastener,
who lived in the Creve Occur bottoms
The family Saturday left her alone in the
house, and while they were gone the house
caught fire. Mrs. Fastener was helpless
paralytic, and when the family returned
they found the house in ashes and the poor
woman's body burned to crisp. The
other victim was colored girl, the daugh-
ter of Johnson Claiborne, who. with his
wife and six children, occupied hut near
Eureka. All of the family slept in a single
room on the ground floor except the unfort-
innate girl, who occupied a room in the loft.
the only entrance to which was through a
trap door in the floor. On Saturday night
the house caught fire, and before she could
make her escape the entire structure was in
flames. Nothing was found of her remains
but few charred pieces of flesh and bones.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-21
HE cor THE LIMIT.
Brute Who Assaulted a Nun Given
TXyenty Years IN STATE Prison.

GREENFIELD. Mich, Jan. 20.-A large
crowd entered the court house to-day when
George Hazard, colored, was arraigned for
attempting to outrage Sister Mary, sta
toned in the Catholic convent. The as
sault was a dastardly one, and the mis-
creant got very nearly his just deserts,
twenty years in the penitentiary. He will
be taken to Jackson during next week.
Sister Mary has been in the convent
for number of years and
is well known throughout the state
as philanthropic and worthy woman.
Had Hazard been caught an hour after the
occurrence Judge Lynch would have at
tended to his case. 1t was a week ago
when Hazard entered the town. He went
straight to the convent but was barred from
the grounds by the watchman. When
night came on, however, he jumped
fence and by a balcony managed to reach
the corridor. Sister Mary's room door
was open and when she saw
the fiend she tainted. He failed to accom-
piish his purpose. Sister Margaret leaped
from the window to the ground and
broke both her wrists. Both appeared
in court to-day and testified. Hazard had
lawyers, and an effort was made to prove
an abb. 1t did not work. The court
upbraided the ruffian, and when sentence
was pronounced intimated that it was too
light, but that the statutes would not per-
init him to go further. However, he got
the limit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-21
a Procurer Convicted.

New YORK, Jan. 2O.-The trial of
Astrologer De Leon, charged with kidnap-
ing girls and sending them to Panama to
be forced into lives of shame, was con-
timed to-day. Further inculpating evil
dence was heard. Then the defense sought
to impeach the testimony of Reporter Bon
sail, who yesterday testified to hav
ing secured De Leon's confidence
and secrets. The witness was
Anna Johnson. the author of
THE Astrology of the Bible" and friend
of De Leon. She declared that Bonsall
tried to get her to swear that she was one
of De LeOn's victims. threatening that if
she did not do so he would have her sent to
Jail. The jury returned verdict of guilty.
The maximum penalty is fifteen years i'm
priSonment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-21
A HORRIBLE AFFAIR.
a woman Kills Three of Her Chill
dren, NiOrtaly wounds TWO 9th
ers and Commits Suicide.

a woman Kills Three of Her Chill
dren, MortaIly wounds TWO 9th
ers and Commits suicide.
CLEVELAND. o., Jan. 2O.-A horrible
murder was committed here this morning
between and o'clock. James Calbalek
is well-to-do carpenter living on indie
pendence street, near the city limits. He
has had employment all winter. and his
oldest son has worked with him. This
morning he and his son went to work
shortly before Z o'clock. The mother,
Antoinette, had been out of temper at the
breakfast table, and had refused to talk
with her husband. Directly after break
fast she sent Henry. her 15-year-Old son,
to grocery near by and still another son
to milk depot. When they returned they
could not get into the house. Going into
the back yard they saw James, IL years
old. i'll the water closet bleeding from
sixteen wounds in his left side. They
fastened away and called their oldest
brother who had gone off with the father,
and returning the three boys forced an en-
trance to the house. They discovered Tony.
an S-Year-old girl. bleeding from dozen
cuts in her left side. On the floor near by
were Mamie, 5 years old, Antoinette, 8
years old, and Willie, three months old, all
dead from dreadful stabs near the heart.
A bloody pair of shears told the story. A
hunt was made for the mother. She was
found i'll the cellar. hanging from a rafter,
dead. She had killed her three children,
MORALLY injured two others and had then
sucded. The two children who were still
alive were removed to q neighbours house,
but they will die. No cause for the terrible
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-21
SHOT Dead.
PinkertOn Men Fire On n Party of
Boys and Kill Spectator.

Boys and kilt a Spectator.
JERSEY CITY, n. j., Jan. 20.-At 5
o'clock this afternoon while party of boys
were playing in an open lot adjoining the
yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western Railway company, fracas oc-
CURED between the boys and Pinkerton's
men. Thomas Hogan, 16 years old,
loOker-on, was shot and killed by one of
Pinkerton'S men. The boys were jeering
the Pinkerton men who were stationed in
the companY's yards to protect property.
Occasionally they rained a shower of snow
balls and other missiles upon the men near
by. a crowd of strikers and their
sympathizers We're assembled, and
they lent encouragement to the boys.
At length the leader of the Pinkerton men
stepped forward and ordered the toys to
stop throwing missiles at them. The boys
did not obey and almost Immediately three
sharp cracks of a revolver rang out and
Hogan fell dead. The
EXCITEMENT WAS INTENSE
and the lockers on fled in every direction.
The leader of the strikers, as soon as he
could get his men together ordered them
back to their headquarters. In anticipa-
ton of attack, the Pinkerton men were at
once drawn up in battle array. The jersey
City police reserve stationed at the yards
hurried to the scene. An ambulance was
summoned and the body OF the dead boy
was removed to the morgue. Hogan was
not one of the party of boys throw
ing missiles at the men, but
stood on the opposite side
Of the street, and Inspector Lange immedi-
ately collected number of witnesses of
the shooting and marched the Pinkerton
men out in line. He then ordered the wit
neSses to identify the men who shot. They
at once selected Patrick Sheehy, Daniel
Cahill and Samuel A Neff from the line
and identified them as the
THREE MEN WHO FIRED
at the boys. The inspector examined their
revolvers and found every chamber loaded.
The men were taken to police headquarters
and held. About 9 o'clock tonight the
police arrested Murphy Morarity, one of
Pinkerton'S men, as another OF the
shooters. One of his eyes was horribly
discOlored and swollen where he had been
struck with a SNOWFALL. Another of Pink
ertOn's men had tooth knocked out by
SNOWFALL. The ball that struck Hogan
pierced his brain directly above the right
eye.
New BRUNSWICK, \. j.. Jan. 20.-An-
ticipating trouble at Perth AmbOy tO-mOr-
row the sheriff swOre in 100 deputy sherIffs
to-day who will leave in the morning for
that place. This was done at the request
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad company.
Company d, Third regiment has been
under orders since Tuesday night, and are
ready to leave at a moments notice.
The strikers gathered in force around the
city prison. and to provide against any con-
tingency the four prisoners were taken out,
one at time, and, unobserYed, conveyed
to another station house.